The Essential Skills for Physicians and Engineers

Tricia Nguyen talks about hand coordination skills and their importance in the 21st Century. 
http://thistle-threads.blogspot.com/2019/05/hand-skills-doctors-of-sewing-needed.html

Here is the NY Times article that prompted Tricia's message.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/30/well/live/surgeons-hobbies-dexterity.html?action=click&module=Discovery&pgtype=Homepage

Go forth and teach a kid needlework.  You're giving them valuable skills for life.

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Create Needlepoint, not Sterotypes

Thanks to Valerie, I have a link to another article extolling the virtues of exploring the things the 1950s housewife mastered. 
http://www.bustle.com/articles/69930-11-old-lady-hobbies-that-are-perfect-to-try-in-your-twenties-from-canasta-to-embroidery

Old Ladies Rule!--even if a lot of us aren't any of the things the writer of the article above assumes we are.  Stereotypes, people.  Don't run your life or create assumptions based on stereotypes!

Create needlepoint instead.

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Blogging at http://chillyhollownp.blogspot.com
and at http://chstitchguides.blogspot.com
© Copyright March 19 2015 Jane M. Wood. All rights reserved.